Faucet attachment.



m. 659,394. Patented on. 9, 1900.

a. c. HAMILTON.

FAUOET ATTACHMENT.-

A jvumion filed on. a, 1899.)

(No Model.)

. a firmer seat.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

GEORGE O. HAMILTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Fnucs'r ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 659,394, dated October 9, 1900.

Application filed October 2, 1899. Serial No. 732,360. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Faucet Attachments, of

which the following is a full, clear, concise,

and exact description, reference being had topail, kettle, or similar object may be hung on the faucet while being filled. In the preferred construction I provide a hook having a shank adapted to lie on the faucet-spout and provided at the ends with means for engaging the faucet whereby the attachment is held in place.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of a faucet provided with the attachment. Fig. 2 is a bottom View. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a view of a blank for a modification. Fig. 5 is a plan view of such modification, and Fig. 6 is a side View thereof.

Like letters refer to like parts in theseveral figures.

At one end of the attachment a is the hook at for holding a kettle bail V or handle. tached to the hook at is the rearwardly-extending shank a having in the center the longitudinal hollow a adapted to permit the shank to fit down over the convexuppersurface of the faucetspout Z). At the rear end of the longitudinal hollow a and of the shank a is the partially-annular and rearwardlyextending portion a, adapted to partially surround the valve-stem bearing b of the fan overthe curved convex upper side of the fau,-'

cet-spout b to permit the attachment to have In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the hollow portion a is cut out in part to form an opening in connection with the opening within the annular portion a.

In placing the attachment in position the At-l V annular portion a is placed over and around the valve-stem bearing 1), so as to engage the bearing on the rear side below the handle 19 The bail of the kettle can then be placed on the hook at and the handle of the faucet.

turned to permit the liquid to fill the kettle without the exertion and bother of holding the kettle up with the hands during the filling. This is particularly desirable when filling a hot kettle, as there is no danger of being burned by the steam during the operation. When not in use, the attachment may be left'on the faucet or may be easily and quickly removed and hung up. It may also be used as a handle for lifting kettles, stove-lids, or anything of a similar nature that may be too hot to lift with the unprotected hands.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

and means for attaching said hook in position tially as described.

,4. In a faucet attachment the combination with a detachable hook adapted to lie on the upper side of a faucet of a rearwardly-extending portion adapted to engage the faucet and hold the hook in position.

5. In a faucet attachment, the combination with the valve-stem bearing of a faucet, of a I hook, a shank on said hook and an extending portion on said shank adapted to engage the valve-stem bearing to hold the hook in position.

, 6. In a faucet attachment, the combination with a shank adapted to lie on the upper part ofafaucet-spout, of a hook at one end of said shank, and means at the other end of shanks connected therewith and an annular portion connecting the rear ends of said shanks, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE C. HAMILTON.

Witnesses:

R. S. LUDINGTON, W. E. MONSER. 

